# Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon

Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (transl. Madhubala — A love, a passion) is an Indian television series. It aired on Colors TV from 28 May 2012 to 9 August 2014, \ It was produced to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema and aired on TV Monday to Friday (later Saturday) evenings. It is digitally available on Voot app.

## Plot

Madhubala "Madhu" Choudhary was born on a film set and works in a parlour while her family members are junior artists in the Mumbai film industry. She fights a case of hit and run on behalf of Mukund against Bollywood superstar Rishabh Kundra "RK" who gets sentenced to jail. Mukund proposes to Madhu and they get engaged. RK insinuates that Madhu is his girlfriend and humiliates Padmini and Shamsher's relationship, saying they have been having a secret affair for the last 20 years.
Mukund breaks off his engagement thinking Madhu has had an affair with RK. She slaps RK, who puts forward an offer for Shamsher's treatment, as he was badly beaten up on RK's set. RK proposes to Madhu and she accepts. Rude and egotistical, he becomes hell-bent on ruining her life. Eventually, Madhu begins falling for him. Sikandar's wife Deepali wants her to leave RK but her wishes are in vain. Shamsher shoots RK; Madhu donates her blood to save him.
No longer rude to Madhu, RK begins loving her. She restores his relation with Radha and the two confess their love; RK helps Padmini and Shamsher in getting married. Balraj abducts all but is shot to death by Padmini. RK needs a break and says he wants to marry Madhu properly so they can take their marriage forward; but suddenly, he tells he'd never loved her as it was his plan all along to entangle her in his love and then destroy her life when he leaves her.
Devastated, Madhu moves on. Everyone convinces RK to bring her back but he does not budge on his decision. Madhu gets a job as a hairstylist at RK's film set. He is again rude to her and adamant to make her leave. Later he decides to win her back and abducts her and forces her to live with her at his home. Madhu does not relent. Sultan enters. Madhu leaves saying she will not come back unless RK confesses his love. He finally proposes to her, and they unite.
The preparation for grand wedding begins. Sultan falls in love with Madhu, and is now vengeful towards RK. Being his half-brother, he uses this to humiliate him. Sultan refers to RK as a bastard as Mohan firstly married Meera. Sultan fakes his death and RK is jailed, until Madhu learns the truth. Sultan asks her to divorce RK and come to him to save him. Helpless, Madhu agrees. Enraged, RK uncovers Sultan's deeds and eventually kills Sultan with the police to save Madhu.
Due to some reasons, RK is banned from Bollywood and plans to produce his own film. To help him, veteran director Mehul Chopra selects Madhu as the heroine but RK refuses and is actually fascinated by the idea of her being the heroine. RK finds a heroine but is dissatisfied and vows not to pressurize Madhu to sign the film. Thinking his career is over, RK is about to commit suicide when his assistant Bittu informs him Madhu has stepped in as the heroine.
Super excited, RK appears as the lead of his film in front of media with Madhu who marks her entry into Bollywood. He confesses that he loves and thanks Madhu for becoming his heroine. After sometime during shooting, RK is injured and suffers paralysis. Madhu decides to finish the film. RK develops insecurity to her due to her rising fame and being ignored by everyone because he is handicapped. Madhu gets pregnant but RK does not want a baby, breaking her heart.
The film "Ishq Ek Junoon" becomes a superhit, with RK out of his problems. Madhu miscarries and blames him who tries his best to avert her mind from getting into film industry. Later, Madhu turns into a real-life heroine like she was destined to be. RK's look-alike KRK is introduced, hired by Kulbhushan for revenge for RK. KRK agrees to take RK's place being in need of money but leaves his life when he realizes it will be separating him from Madhu.
KRK returns to his hometown with prize money from RK for speaking up the truth and showing decency. Kulbhushan is arrested. Pregnant once again, Madhu gives birth to a girl whom RK also names Madhubala. He prophesies that she will become a superstar like her parents. Later Harshvardhan Kapoor enters the frame who is a film producer and wanted his son Abhay Kapoor to enter the film Industry. He was also the producer of Rk’s 1st film so Harshvardhan wanted RK's help to make his son Abhay’s entry into the Bollywood film industry. However, he and his manager Nikhil spoke in a rude way so RK wanted to teach them a lesson by not acting in their film. Later , Harshvardhan threatens RK to "burn him alive" because of the loss of his money and ruined career of his son Abhay Kapoor. Pam and Nikhil take this as an opportunity to get rid of Harshvardhan Kapoor and to get Kapoor’s property and also RK's property and RK’s mansion too. Then RK, Madhu, Khundra’s family, Bhatia's family, and Madhu's family all die in a bomb blast. RK's and Madhu’s daughter Jr. Madhu was spared from the blast as she went outside for fresh air. RK and Madhu’s family's death is planned by Pammi Harshvardhan Kapoor and Nikhil Lamba to avenge their insult from Harshvardhan and RK and also to trap and put Harshavardhan Kapoor in jail for killing Rk and Madhu as well as for snatching Harshvardhan's property, RK's property, and RK’s Mansion. Radha escapes with baby Jr. Madhu and raises her away from movie industry and Mumbai but Jr. Madhu is interested in films, dance, music, and dramas like her parents.

### 20 years later

Jr. Madhubala is now grown-up and looks like Madhu. She lives with Radha and falls in love with Abhay Kapoor. In RK mansion now Abhay and Kapoor family are residing after the death of RK, Madhu, Kundra's and Bhatia's. They announce their marriage but he gets her married to Raja, RK's mentally challenged second lookalike who is in fact KRK's son.
Abhay reveals he wanted to avenge death of his father Harsh Vardhan who committed suicide after being incriminated for killing RK and Madhu. Actually KRK's son, Raja finally becomes a normal person and also kills Abhay kapoor for torturing madhu and him. Due to his life of a gangster, Madhubala hates and insults him. Angry, Raja rapes her. She files a case and gets him jailed but withdraws it later.
Baiji dies. Being jailed, Raja thinks Madhubala is the reason for it and begins hating and torturing her. Pregnant with his child, she later requests him to forgive her which Raja does. They remarry. One night, a producer assumes Raja as RK and proposes to do a film with him that the producer had wanted to do with RK and Madhu.
Madhubala reads Madhu's diary, learning her last wish was to make a film on her and RK's life. She convinces Raja to sign the film; they start their career and appear as Madhu and RK, giving the first shot of their film. Raja states it is not the end but the beginning of a new life as they were always destined to live and be superstars together.

## Cast
### Main

* Drashti Dhami as
** Madhubala “Madhu” Malik Kundra – Balraj and Padmini's daughter; Shamsher's adopted daughter; Trishna's half-sister; RK's wife; Madhubala Kushwaha's mother (2012–2014) (Dead)
** Jr . Madhubala Kundra Kushwaha – RK and Madhubala Kundra's daughter; Aryan's cousin; Raja's wife (2014)
*** Spandan Chaturvedi as Child Madhubala Kundra (2014)
* Vivian Dsena as
** Rishabh “RK” Kundra – Mohan and Radha's son; Sultan and Sikandar's half-brother; Madhubala Kundra's husband; Madhubala Kushwaha's father (2012–2014) (Dead)
** Keval Ram "KRK" Kushwaha – RK's lookalike; Jugnu's brother; Kulbhushan's accomplice; Raja's father (2013–2014) (Dead)
** Raja "Raju" Kushwaha – KRK's son; Agni's cousin; Madhubala Kushwaha's husband (2014)

### Recurring

* Pallavi Purohit as Padmini Malik: Balraj's ex-wife; Shamsher's wife; Madhubala Kundra's mother; Trishna's adoptive mother; Madhubala Kushwaha's grandmother (2012–2013) (Dead)
* Bhupinder Singh as Shamsher Malik: Roma's brother; Padmini's second husband; Madhubala Kundra and Trishna's adoptive father; Madhubala Kushwaha's adoptive grandfather (2012–2013) (Dead)
* Aarti Puri as Trishna Malik: Balraj's daughter; Padmini and Shamsher's adopted daughter; Madhubala Kundra's half-sister (2012–2013) (Dead)
* Rakhee Tandon as Roma Malik: Former actress; Shamsher's sister (2012–2013) (Dead)
* Shama Deshpande as Radha Bhatia: Mohan's ex-wife; Kulbhushan's wife; RK and Sikandar's mother; Madhubala Kundra's grandmother (2012–2014)
* Indresh Malik as Barun "Bittu" Sharma: RK's personal secretary; Leela's husband; Sweety and Sunny's father (2012–2014)
* Raza Murad as Kulbhushan Bhatia: Radha's second husband; RK's step-father; Sikandar's father; Madhubala Kundra's step-grandfather (2012–2014) (Dead)
* Sikandar Kharbanda as Sikandar Bhatia: Kulbhushan and Radha's son; RK's half-brother; Deepali's husband (Dead)
* Seema Mishra as Deepali Bhatia: RK's former girlfriend; Sikandar's wife (Dead)
* Navneet Nishan / Seema Kapoor as Parmeet "Paabo" Kundra: Mohan's sister (Dead)
* Avinesh Rekhi as Sultan Kundra: Mohan and Meera's son; RK's half-brother; Asmita's widower; Aryan's father (2012–2013) (Dead)
* Rishi Sonecha as Aryan Kundra: Sultan and Asmita's son; Madhubala Kushwaha's cousin (2013)
* Zarina Wahab as Meera Kundra: Mohan's second wife; Sultan's mother; Aryan's grandmother (Dead)
* Kannan Arunachalam as Rashid Baig: Mohan's driver
* Raj Zutshi as Balraj Choudhary: Shobha's son; Padmini's ex-husband; Trishna and Madhubala Kundra's father; Madhubala's Kushwaha's grandfather (2012–2013) (Dead)
* Shagufta Ali as Shobha Choudhary: Balraj's mother; Trishna and Madhubala Kundra's grandmother; Madhubala Kushwaha's great-grandmother (2012) (Dead)
* Lalit Parimoo as Hansmukh Ram Naigatre (Guruji) (2012)
* Sushmita Mukherjee as Dai Maa (2012)
* Prashant Chawla as Sunil "Sunny" Sharma: Bittu and Leela's son; Sweety's brother; Madhubala Kushwaha's friend (2014)
* Swati Anand as Leelavati "Leela" Barun Sharma: Bittu's wife; Sweety and Sunny's mother (2013–2014)
* Shweta Vyas / Tanvi Thakkar as Sweety Sharma: Leela and Bittu's daughter; Sunny's sister (2013)
* Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Riya Mehrotra
* Manini Mishra as Journalist Ilana "Ila" Ramani
* Usha Nadkarni as Sonali Dixit: Mukund and Swati's mother (2012)
* Manish Naggdev as Mukund Dixit: Sonali's son; Swati's brother; Madhubala Kundra's ex-fiancé (2012)
* Ahsaas Channa as Swati Dixit: Sonali's daughter; Mukund's sister (2012)
* Anita Hassanandani as Sanya Nair
* Vinay Apte as Shivdutt Marathe
* Neelu Kohli as Harjeet Kapoor: Harsh and Umesh's mother (2014)
* Arbaaz Ali Khan as Harsh Vardhan Kapoor: Film Director; Harjeet's son; Umesh's brother; Pammi's husband; Abhay and Ananya's father (2013–2014) (Dead)
* Deepshikha Nagpal as Pammi "Pam" Kapoor: Harsh's second wife; Ananya's mother; Abhay's step-mother; RK and Madhubala Kundra's murderer (2014)
* Puneet Sachdev as Nikhil Lamba: Ananya's husband; RK and Madhubala Kundra's murderer (2014)
* Kishwer Merchant as Ananya Kapoor Lamba: Harsh and Pammi's daughter; Abhay's half-sister; Nikhil's wife (2014)
* Gunjan Utreja as Abhay Kapoor: Harsh's son; Pammi's step-son; Ananya's half-brother; Madhubala Kushwaha's ex-fiancé (2014) (Dead)
* Rajesh Balwani as Umesh Kapoor: Harjeet's son; Harsh's brother; Dolly's husband; Aisha's father (2014)
* Utkarsha Naik as Daljeet "Dolly" Umesh Kapoor: Umesh's wife; Aisha's mother (2014)
* Fenil Umrigar as Ayesha Kapoor: Umesh and Dolly's daughter; Abhay and Ananya's cousin (2014)
* Ravi Khanvilkar as Jignesh "Jugnu" Kushwaha: KRK's brother; Baiji's husband; Agni's father (2014)
* Shraddha Jaiswal as Agni Kushwaha: Jugnu and Baiji's daughter; Raja's cousin (2014)
* Shalini Arora / Jaya Bhattacharya as Namita "Baiji" Kushwaha: Jugnu's wife; Agni's mother (2014) (Dead)
* Sheetal Thakkar as Tara
* Jaswant Menaria as Bhanu Pratap Singh
* Pooja Sahu as Faguni Kushwaha
* Shivam Sain
* Sameer Rajda as Rishi Uncle
* Jitendra Pathak as Doctor
* Manisha Kumari
* Neha Pendse as Ria
* Rajshri Rani as Deepika\
* Kabbir as Rohan
* Garima Jain as Garima
* Amar Maurya as Manager

## Guest

* Sara Khan
* Shahrukh Khan from "Chennai Express"
* Deepika Padukone from "Chennai Express"
* Kunal Karan Kapoor as Mohan
* Aakanksha Singh as Megha
* Tejasswi Prakash as Dhara
* Toral Rasputra as Anandi
* Sanaya Irani as Parvati
* Ashish Sharma as Rudra
* Dipika Kakar as Simar
* Dheeraj Dhoopar as Prem
* Avika Gor as Roli
* Manish Raisinghan as Siddhant
* Shakti Arora as Ranveer (to promote "Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi"
* Radhika Madan as Ishani (to promote Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi
* Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhi
* Sriti Jha as Pragya
* Karan Patel as Raman
* Divyanka Tripathi as Ishita
* Avinash Sachdev as Shlok
* Shrenu Parikh as Astha
* Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun
* Asha Negi as Purvi
* Karan Singh Grover as Asad
* Surbhi Jyoti as Zoya
* Gurmeet Choudhary as Yash
* Kratika Sengar as Aarti
* Harshad Arora as Zain
* Preetika Rao as Aaliya
* Mrunal Jain as Akash
* Tina Datta as Meethi
* Sidharth Shukla as Shiv

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2012 | People's Choice Awards India | Favourite New TV Drama | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | Won |
| 2012 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Gr8 Performer of the Year | Vivian Dsena | Won |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Actress in a Lead Role | Drashti Dhami | Nominated |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Actor in a Lead Role | Vivian Dsena | Nominated |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Actor in a Negative Role | Raj Zutshi | Nominated |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Actress in a Negative Role | Seema Mishra | Nominated |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Daily Serial | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | Nominated |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Drama Series | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | Nominated |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Jodi | Vivian Dsena and Drashti Dhami | Won |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Actress in a Supporting Role | Pallavi Purohit | Won |
| 2013 | Indian Telly Awards | Show Packaging(Fiction) | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | Won |
| 2013 | Zee Gold Awards | Best Actor(Jury) | Vivian Dsena | Won |